One of the largest events of the year for the
Verizon Center isn't the
Wizards or even the
Caps - it's the
Dalai Lama.
Arriving today, the
Dalai Lama is expected to draw a crowd of about 100,000 people for a 10-day event called the
Kalachakra. There will be three days of ritualistic prayers and chanting meant to symbolically purify the arena and the
Dalai Lama will give three days of basic teachings on Buddhist thought.
The
Dalai Lama's birthday also falls while he is here (tomorrow) and will be celebrated at the Verizon Center.
On Saturday, the
Dalai Lama will hold "A Talk for World Peace" at the
Capitol's West Lawn. The event will bring a lot of celebrities to D.C. (and probably Penn Quarter) including:
Whoopi Goldberg,
Kalon Tripa (Prime Minister of
Tibet), and other officials of the
Central Tibetan Administration.
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